Hans Eysenck
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Hans Jürgen Eysenck was a German
Germans
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-British
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 psychologist
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 who spent most of his career in Britain, best remembered for his work on intelligence
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 and personality
Personality psychology
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, though he worked in a wide range of areas. At the time of his death, Eysenck was the living psychologist most frequently cited in science journals.
Hans Eysenck was born in Berlin, Germany, his mother a film star (Helga Molander
Helga Molander
Helga Molander, born as Ruth Werner on 19 March 1896 in Königshütte, Silesia, Germany , died in 1986, was a German actress and mother of Hans Eysenck.-Life:...

) and his father a nightclub entertainer, once voted 'handsomest man on the Baltic coast'.
 
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